2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus Throw (Women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Discus throw | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 42 athletes from 25 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Athens Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 20, 2004 (qualification) August 21, 2004 (final) |
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The women's discus throw at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was held on August 20 and 21, 2004 in the Athens Olympic Stadium. 42 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was Natalja Sadowa from Russia. She won ahead of the Greek Anastasia Kelesidou and the Czech Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová .
There was a doping case with the Belarusian Iryna Jatchanka . She was stripped of the bronze medal she had initially won in 2012 for doping abuse .
With Franka Dietzsch , a German participant started. You dropped out in the qualification.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein were not among the participants.
Current titleholders
Olympic champion 2000 | Elina Swerawa ( Belarus ) | 68.40 m | Sydney 2000 |
World Champion 2003 | Iryna Jatchanka ( Belarus ) | 67.32 m | Paris 2003 |
European Champion 2002 | Ekaterini Vongoli ( Greece ) | 64.31 m | Munich 2002 |
Pan American Champion 2003 | Aretha Hill ( USA ) | 63.30 m | Santo Domingo 2003 |
Central America and Caribbean Champion 2003 | Yania Ferrales ( Cuba ) | 59.07 m | St. George’s 2003 |
South American Champion 2003 | Elisângela Adriano ( Brazil ) | 58.37 m | Barquisimeto 2003 |
Asian Champion 2003 | Li Yanfeng ( People's Republic of China ) | 61.87 m | Manila 2003 |
African champion 2004 | Elizna Naudé ( South Africa ) | 57.50 m | Brazzaville 2004 |
Oceania Champion 2002 | Melehifo Uhi ( Tonga ) | 51.01 m | Christchurch 2002 |
Existing records
World record | 76.80 m | Gabriele Reinsch ( GDR ) | Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany ) | July 9, 1988 |
Olympic record | 72.30 m | Martina Hellmann ( GDR ) | Final from Seoul , South Korea | September 29, 1988 |
Remarks:
- All times are based on Athens local time ( UTC + 2 ).
- All widths are given in meters (m).
qualification
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 62.50 m. Since only seven athletes reached this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to twelve participants (highlighted in light green). Ultimately, 61.35 m had to be achieved to take part.
Group A
August 20, 2004, 9:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Věra Pospíšilová | Czech Republic | 64.48 | - | - | 64.48 | |
2 | Natalia Sadova | Russia | 64.33 | - | - | 64.33 | |
3 | Beatrice Faumuina | New Zealand | 64.07 | - | - | 64.07 | |
4th | Ekaterini Vongoli | Greece | 63.39 | - | - | 63.39 | |
5 | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | 59.87 | 60.89 | 61.91 | 61.91 | |
6th | Joanna Wiśniewska | Poland | 61.48 | 56.11 | 58.43 | 61.48 | |
7th | Harwant Kaur | India | 60.82 | 59.82 | 59.95 | 60.82 | actually qualified for the final |
8th | Elina Swerava | Belarus | 60.35 | x | 60.63 | 60.63 | |
9 | Philippa Roles | Great Britain | 57.30 | 58.83 | x | 58.83 | |
10 | Olga Chernyavskaya | Russia | 58.64 | 58.19 | 58.55 | 58.64 | |
11 | Stephanie Brown | United States | x | 58.54 | x | 58.54 | |
12 | Natalia Fokina | Ukraine | 58.28 | 56.84 | 55.64 | 58.28 | |
13 | Elisângela Adriano | Brazil | x | 58.13 | x | 58.13 | |
14th | Franka Dietzsch | Germany | x | 57.57 | 58.12 | 58.12 | |
15th | Vera Begic | Croatia | x | 54.80 | 57.31 | 57.31 | |
16 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 56.70 | x | 56.53 | 56.70 | |
17th | Huang Qun | People's Republic of China | 56.53 | x | 55.06 | 56.53 | |
18th | Anna Söderberg | Sweden | 55.49 | 54.04 | 51.24 | 55.49 | |
19th | Éva Kürti | Hungary | 52.52 | 50.85 | x | 52.52 | |
20th | Tereapii tapoki | Cook Islands | 47.59 | 48.12 | x | 48.12 | |
21st | Tsvetanka Christova | Bulgaria | 43.25 | x | x | 43.25 |
Group B
August 20, 2004, 11:15 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Olena Antonova | Ukraine | 62.15 | 64.20 | - | 64.20 | |
2 | Anastasia Kelesidou | Greece | 64.13 | - | - | 64.13 | |
3 | Styliani Tsikouna | Greece | 61.72 | 60.17 | 60.67 | 61.72 | |
4th | Yania Ferrales | Cuba | x | 56.46 | 61.54 | 61.54 | |
5 | Li Yanfeng | People's Republic of China | 61.19 | 61.35 | 61.24 | 61.35 | |
6th | Seema Antil | India | 59.93 | 60.64 | 58.41 | 60.64 | |
7th | Wioletta Potępa | Poland | 60.50 | x | 57.99 | 60.50 | |
8th | Neelam Jaswant Singh | India | 60.26 | 57.25 | 60.10 | 60.26 | |
9 | Aretha Hill | United States | 52.93 | 58.82 | x | 58.82 | |
10 | Elizna Naudé | South Africa | 58.74 | 58.26 | 58.32 | 58.74 | |
11 | Teresa Machado | Portugal | 58.47 | 57.00 | 57.65 | 58.47 | |
12 | Song Aimin | People's Republic of China | 58.19 | 58.03 | x | 58.19 | |
13 | Dace Ruskule | Latvia | 54.49 | 57.43 | x | 57.43 | |
14th | Oksana Jesipchuk | Russia | x | 57.27 | 57.18 | 57.27 | |
15th | Shelley Newman | Great Britain | x | 54.04 | 56.04 | 56.04 | |
16 | Vladimíra Racková | Czech Republic | 55.82 | x | 55.36 | 55.82 | |
17th | Alice Matějková | Spain | 54.15 | x | 55.37 | 55.37 | |
18th | Eha Rünne | Estonia | 54.28 | x | 54.82 | 54.82 | |
19th | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia and Montenegro | 51.71 | x | 54.44 | 54.44 | |
ogV | Seilala Sua | United States | x | x | x | without space | |
DOP | Iryna Yatchanka | Belarus | - | Disqualification later, therefore initially in the final |
final
August 21, 2004, 9:10 p.m.
Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, seven of them by qualifying distance, another five by their placements. All three Greek women and one participant each from China, Cuba, New Zealand, Russia, Poland, Romania, Belarus, the Czech Republic and the Ukraine were represented. In the end, however, only eleven female throwers came into the rankings, because Belarusian Iryna Jattschanka was stripped of the bronze medal in 2012 for doping abuse .
With her doping fraud, Jatchanka had also caused a disadvantage for two participants that could no longer be made good. Harwant Kaur from India, with her 60.82 m, would initially have been thirteenth in the qualification at the final. In addition, the Chinese Li Yanfeng would have allowed three more attempts in the final, which she was denied in her ninth place.
There was a larger group of favorites for this competition. First of all, there was the reigning world champion Iryna Jattschanka, whose result, as stated above, was canceled eight years after the competition. With Anastasia Kelesidou and Ekaterini Vongoli, two Greek women started with good prospects. Kelesidou was the Vice World Champion in 2003, World Championship -Third 2001 and EM -Third 2002 . Vongoli started as the reigning European champion and third in the 2003 World Cup . The Belarusian Olympic champion from 2000 and world champion from 2001 Elina Swerava belonged to this group as well as the Russian vice European champion and World Cup sixth from 2003 Natalja Sadova, the Czech World Cup fifth from 2003 and EURO fourth Vera Pospíšilová as well as the Ukrainian World Cup fourth from 2003 Olena Antonova.
In the final, Sadowa took the lead after the first round with a throw of 64.78 m, which was not yet particularly convincing. Pospíšilová followed with 63.02 m before Kelesidou - 62.77 m - and the Romanian Nicoleta Grasu - 62.01 m. None of these were revelations. On lap two Pospíšilová reached 66.08 m, which brought her the lead. Sadowa improved by three centimeters and remained second in front of Antonova, who rose to 64.11 m. The competition slowly got a little higher and, above all, it was exciting. To the delight of the local audience, Kelesidou achieved 66.68 m with her third throw, which she now took over the top. Besides her, only Grasu could improve. With her 63.48 m she was fifth. There were a total of seven invalid attempts in the third round. Sadowa's improvement to 65.33 m did not bring her any increase in rank, she remained third. But it didn't stop there, because the Russian's fifth litter landed at 67.02 m. With that she led the field. In the last round there were two improvements by Antonowa and Grasu, but they could no longer intervene in the medal fight.
The Olympic champion was Natalja Sadowa ahead of the local Anastasia Kelesidou. Věra Pospíšilová won the bronze medal ahead of Olena Antonowa. Fifth place went to Nicoleta Grasu, Beatrice Faumuina was sixth ahead of the Greek Ekaterini Vongoli and the Chinese Li Yanfeng.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Natalia Sadova | Russia | 64.78 | 64.81 | x | 65.33 | 67.02 | 66.68 | 67.02 | |
2 | Anastasia Kelesidou | Greece | 62.77 | x | 66.68 | 63.71 | 66.09 | 61.59 | 66.68 | |
3 | Věra Pospíšilová | Czech Republic | 63.02 | 66.08 | x | 62.81 | 63.21 | 64.84 | 66.08 | |
4th | Olena Antonova | Ukraine | 59.88 | 64.11 | x | 63.61 | 60.37 | 65.75 | 65.75 | |
5 | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | 62.01 | 62.21 | 63.48 | 61.58 | 61.93 | 64.92 | 64.92 | |
6th | Beatrice Faumuina | New Zealand | x | 62.45 | x | 63.45 | 62.99 | x | 63.45 | |
7th | Ekaterini Vongoli | Greece | 60.66 | 61.44 | x | 62.37 | 62.32 | 61.84 | 62.37 | |
8th | Li Yanfeng | People's Republic of China | 60.67 | 57.36 | 61.05 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
61.05 | |||
9 | Joanna Wiśniewska | Poland | 58.33 | 60.74 | 59.95 | 60.74 | ||||
10 | Styliani Tsikouna | Greece | 59.48 | 57.76 | x | 59.48 | ||||
ogV | Yania Ferrales | Cuba | x | x | x | without space | ||||
DOP | Iryna Yatchanka | Belarus | Withdrawal of the bronze medal in 2012 |
In her fourth Olympic participation since 1992 , the Romanian Nicoleta Grasu came in fifth
Web links
- SportsReference Discus Throw , accessed May 16, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website, accessed on May 16, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on May 16, 2018
Video
- Athens 2004 Olympic Games - Anastasia Kelesidou - Women's discus throw , published July 17, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed on May 16, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c IOC Media Relations Team: IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples ( English ) International Olympic Committee. December 5, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ↑ Central American and Caribbean Championships (Women) on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 16, 2018
- ^ South American Championships (Women) on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 16, 2018
- ↑ Asian Championships on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 16, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Championships on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 16, 2018
- ^ IAAF World Records, Discus Throw Women , accessed on April 15, 2018